A pavilion in the park. FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H
11/09/2023.
[Düsseldorf] Germany
metalocus, CRISTINA RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, CRISTINA RODRÍGUEZ
The German architecture studio J.MAYER.H has been commissioned to design a new social space for the Düsseldorf campus of FOM University. The campus is located in Quartier Central, an urban neighborhood located on the grounds of the former Duesseldorf-Dehrendorf train station in western Germany.
The pavilion is understood as an annex connected to the main university building built five years earlier. Located on the 8,000 sqm campus, the building has 100 sqm of social space with outdoor terraces sheltered from the sun under its floating cantilevered roof.
The pavilion is understood as an annex connected to the main university building built five years earlier. Located on the 8,000 sqm campus, the building has 100 sqm of social space with outdoor terraces sheltered from the sun under its floating cantilevered roof.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
Situation plan. FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H.
The new pavilion for the FOM University designed by J.MAYER.H adapts to its surroundings, a garden area crossed by the Duessel river, and communicates the different levels of access to the university building as a sculpture.
This space that covers the underground garage and serves as a complement to the university, has rooms for seminars and conferences, workshops, and social gatherings.
This space that covers the underground garage and serves as a complement to the university, has rooms for seminars and conferences, workshops, and social gatherings.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
FOM University Campus by J.MAYER.H. Photograph by David Franck.
Project description by J.MAYER.H
FOM University adds a new social space to its Duesseldorf Campus
The 8,000 square meter campus of FOM Hochschulzentrum is located in Quartier Central, a vital urban neighborhood located on the grounds of the former cargo train station in Duesseldorf Dehrendorf. Five years after the new university building was completed, this pavilion is an annex connected to the main building and offers a new social space of about 100 square meters with shaded outdoor terraces underneath its cantilevering floating roof. It snuggles into the outer branches of the Stadtpark and closes off the landscaped area crossed by the renatured Duessel River.
The FOM Pavilion adapts to the amorphous green landscape that interweaves the various levels of access to the university building and as a soft soil sculpture covers the underground garage beneath. As an addition to the university building, the pavilion provides spaces for seminars and lectures, workshops and social gatherings.
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Architects
J.MAYER.H und Partner, Architekten. Partner in charge.- Jürgen Mayer H., Hans Schneider.
Project leader.- Sebastian Finckh.
Project leader.- Sebastian Finckh.
Project team
Ana I. Alonso, Max Magorskyi, Mehrdad Mashaie.
Collaborators
Construction Management.- Starmans Architeturbüro /GAARKO Gablik Architektur.
Structural Engineers.- Thomas & Boekamp Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH.
Building Services.- Brockof Ingenieure.
Fire Protection.- IDN Brandschutz GmbH.
Landscape Architects.- Lützow 7.
Structural Engineers.- Thomas & Boekamp Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH.
Building Services.- Brockof Ingenieure.
Fire Protection.- IDN Brandschutz GmbH.
Landscape Architects.- Lützow 7.
Client
Gemeinnützige Fördergesellschaft für Bildung und Wissenschaft mbH.
Area
100 sqm.
Dates
2023.
Location
Toulouser Allee 53, 40476 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Photography
Jürgen MAYER H.
Jürgen Mayer H. Founded in 1996 in Berlin, Germany, J. MAYER H Architects’ studio, focuses on works at the intersection of architecture, communication and new technology. From urban planning schemes and buildings to installation work and objects with new materials, the relationship between the human body, technology and nature form the background for a new production of space.
Jürgen Mayer H. is the founder and principal of this crossdisciplinairy studio. He studied at Stuttgart University, The Cooper Union and Princeton Universtiy. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide and is part of numerous collections including MoMA New York and SF MoMA. National and international awards include the Mies-van-der-Rohe-Award-Emerging-Architect-Special-Mention-2003 ,Winner Holcim Award Bronze 2005 and Winner Audi Urban Future Award 2010. Jürgen Mayer H. has taught at Princeton University, University of the Arts Berlin, Harvard University, Kunsthochschule Berlin, the Architectural Association in London, the Columbia University, New York and at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Photograph.- Jens Passoth
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